- unitid
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{"value"=>"274959", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 47", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 7, 1755", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1755-01-07"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gov. Horatio Sharpe"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"L. S. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letters of Dec. 12, 26. Directions he has given to the two Commissaries for supplying the camp at Fredericksburg; the forces expected from Britain will bring three months' provisions from Ireland; thinks it advisable to send troops to Rock Creek as well as Fredericksburg; has sent money to Carlyle; Gist's use of Montour's money; opinion of Montour; fears of the French at Will's Creek; disfavors sending troops from Fredericksburg to Belhaven; Virginia officers; sends packet by Mr. [Daniel] Wolstenholme; understands that the transports with 1,500 men were to sail from Gravesend on Nov. 1st; war between the Northern and Southern Indians; French and Indians attack a town of the Twightwees; invited the Twightwees to Winchester; thinks them friendly and their failure to come due to French capture of our fort on the Ohio [Fort Duquesne]; advises sending a messenger to them; is informed by Col. Innes that the Northern Indians are to meet the Catawbas at Winchester in April; has received letter from Jonathan Marke, recommended by Lord Halifax."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dinwiddie, Robert (Williamsburg, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1755
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1755
- keydate
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1755-01-07
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1755-01-07
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1755-01-07